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Matsumoto Kozan 松本交山

Also known as: Matsumoto Kozan 松本交山; primary name: Matsumoto Kozan
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Rinpa School; Japanese; Male
Life dates: 1784-1866
Biography: Painter. Native to Edo and first a pupil of Tani Buncho (q.v.) from whom he is said to have received a treasured monk's stole (kesa) and rice bowl; also studied the art of Sakai Hoitsu (q.v.), the great revivalist of the Rinpa style in Edo. Kozan named his villa in the Fukagawa district of Edo, Shichiso-an (Seven Herb Hut), which may have emulated Hoitsu's own studio and garden, the Uge-an (Rain and Flower Hut), also in Fukagawa. On the second day of the sixth month every year, to commemorate the anniversary of the death of the great Ogata Korin (1658-1716), it was the custom of Hoitsu and his pupils to hold a fan painting competition ('ogi-awase') at the Uge-an. This may have continued when Kozan was associated with the school. (Kobayashi Tadashi, "Rimpa in Literary Texts", in 'Rimpa Arts: Transmission and Context (Conference Papers)'. Typescript. London, Department of Japanese Antiquities, The British Museum, 1998, p. 162).

Title: Oku no hosomichi 奥の細道 |
Museum number: 1979,0305,0.272.1-3 |
Producer name: Print artist:Tanaka Kosetsu 田中香雪Print artist:Matsumoto Kozan 松本交山 |
Cultures/periods: x13725 Bunsei Era |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Made in:Japan